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Revision as of 08:40, 27 January 2016

Template:Slovakia

KE&#142;MAROK

Region (kraj) : Prešov
District (okres) : Kežmarok

Kežmarok (Erb, znak)

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1463, but are at least 20 years older.

The arms show in the lower part the bars of Hungary and in the upper part swords as a symbol for the fat that the city was a border town.

Kezmarokpatent.jpg

The original letters patent from 1463
Kezmarok.hagcs.jpg

The arms in the Coffee Hag albums +/- 1930
Kezmarok1.jpg

The arms on the city hall (source)



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Literature : Kartous et al, 1991; Slowakei - Spaziergänge durch die Jahrhunderte der Städte und Städchen. Piroda, Bratislava, 1994 (German version, ISBN 80-07-00531-5); Kartous and Vrteľ , 2000; Novakov, 2006